(57) A completed, shaped and uncured tire is off-loaded from the tire building machine
10 on which the tire has been built by first engaging the completed tire coaxially
within a ring 14 having radially movable segments and then moving the ring 14 with
the tire coaxially off the building machine 10 to a chucking device 20 engageable
with the inner peripheries of the respective bead portions of the tire. The ring 14
is then expanded and moved coaxially from the tire and the chucking device 20 now
holding the tire is rotated to place the tire axis in vertical orientation and elevated
to a position above the tire machine 10 where the exterior surface of the tire is
grasped by a pair of palms 32 mounted on a swing arm 33. After the chucking device
20 is moved downwardly clear of the tire, the tire is then moved horizontally by the
swing arm 33 and deposited on an overhead belt conveyor to be transported thereby
to further processing. The tire building machine operator is relieved of the effort
and time required for manual removal of the tire and the completed tire is protected
from inadvertent damage due to manual handling. In particular, the tire is elevated
from the operating floor in a convenient and expeditious manner.
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